Article-holder



H. E. ROBINSON AND D. L. ORDWAY.

ARTICLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY 21.1919.

1,378,979. Patented May 24,1921.

"UNITED STATES RATE NT OFFICE HARRY E. ROBINSO1\T AND ISANA L. onnwAY, or MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

ARTICLE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY E. Ronmson and DANA L. ORDWAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Marlboro, in the county of lVIiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented av new and useful Article- Holder, of which the followingis a specification. 6 V

This invention relates to an article holder, for use primarily in shoev shops and other factories where many lots of shoe parts or other materials must be temporarily secured together and handled as a unit. It is the common practice to tie such lots of material lnto packages, at a conslderable expendlture of time and labor. The cord or tape re quired for this purpose in a large factory is also a considerable item of expense,

It is the general object of our invention to provide a holder or carrier within which such articles may be temporarily secured and supported and from which they may be as readily released, all without unnecessary loss of time or waste of binding material.

Our invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Two forms of our invention are shown in the drawings in which- 7 Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved article carrier, adjustable to articles of different widths;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a side frame member;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detail part, and

Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of a second form of our invention, in which the holder is of fixed width.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

our improved article holder comprises a frame having an expansible bottom portion 10 formed of a plurality of metal strips pivoted to each other as indicated, and a pair of side members 11 and 12 having slotted connections to the ends of the bottom portion 10. Each side member. consists of a slotted plate 13 to which an upwardly projecting portion 14 is rigidly secured. Upper hooks 15 and lower hooks 16 are secured in the member 14 for purposes to be described.

A pair of binding chains or other'flexible members 17 are secured to the hooks 15 at one side of the holder, the hooks being closed down to prevent displacement of the ends ;of the chains. After the articles are placed in the holder, the chains or flexible members 17 are drawn over the pile of arfree end of each chain, the'casing being adaptedto'take up all free chain whenever released, and thus prevent the chain becom ing entangled with other objects.

Ifonly a few sheets of material are to be placed in a holder, each chain may be led around a lower hook 16 before passing over Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 24, 1921: Application filed July 21, 1919. SerialiNu. 312,211. I

the articles and at the opposite side may 7 also be secured to a lower hook 16.

In order to prevent displacement of U- shaped articles, such as the shoe vamp indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, we provide the, movable positioning device shown in detail in Fig. 3. This device consists of a wire loop 18 hinged at 19-19 to a short I plate 20 which in turn is pivoted at 21 to the,

bottom of the frame.

' When the device is to be used, the plate T 20 is turned to the position indicated in Fig. land the loop 18 is raised to stand between the separated sides of the Vamps, thus retaining them in desired position. When the holder is to be used for other purposes the loop may be folded down parallel with the bottom, thus permitting articles of different shapes to be retained in the.

holder.

Substantially the same general construction is shown in the form disclosed in Fig.

With this construction, it will be seen that articles of. varying shapes and widths may be firmly secured in the holder by the chains or cords 17, and that they may be readily released therefrom. While they are within the holder, the holder and articles form a; convenient unitary package which may be} readily stored 0r handled.

It will be noticed that the spring in the spring casing 17 merely takes up the slack or loose chain and is not depended on to tension the chains over the articles in the holder.

Having thus described two forms of our invention, it will be evident that other changes and modifications can be made there in by those skilled in the art within the scope of our invention as set forth in the claims, and we do not wish to be otherwise limited to the details herein disclosed, but what we claim is V 1. An article holding device comprising two opposed rigid raised sides, a plurality of bottom members forming an expansible connection between said opposed sides, the other two sides of the device being open and unobstructed, flexible binding means secured at one end to one of said rigid sides, clamping means on the opposite side for 'detachably securing said binding means to said opposite side at any point in its length, and spring take-up and storage devices for said binding means.

2. An article holding device comprising two opposed rigid raised sides, a plurality of bottom members forming an expansible connection between said opposed sides, the

other two sides of the device being open and unobstructed, flexible binding means secured at one end to one of said rigid sides, clamping means on the opposite side for detachably securing said binding means to said opposite side at any point in its length, and an article positioning device mounted on the expansible bottom and movable to operative and inoperative positions.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto aflixed our signatures.

HARRY E. ROBINSON. DANA L. ORDWAY. 

